Ironing-board



- ",GHAUNCEY I. SPAYD, OF CT'Y,

Speciication of Letters Patent.

Patented iuiy 2%, i929.

` Application filed etober l, 1919. Serial Io.f32?,7et'.

To @ZZ whom a? may concern Be it ln'own that I, CHAUNCEY i. SPAYD, a' citizleno ithe United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State offMissouri, haven invented a certain new and -useiullmprovement in ironing- Boards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ironing boards.' It relates to an ironing 'board adapted to be supported by casing vhaving drawers, such as a wardrobe trunk.

AThe object of myinvention is to provide an ironing board adapted for travelers use and arranged to be supported in the opera tive position by attachment to a trunk in which the board may be stored when not in use.

A further object oi my invention is toy provide a device oi' the kind described in which a locking bar, which is ordinarily used to ioci the drawers ciosed, may be enipioyedwhen not so used, to support the ironing boa-rd in the operative position.

rihe novel 'features of my invention are hereinafter nliy described and claimed.

in vthe accompanying drawing, which illustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Figure l is a perspective view of a ward robe trunk provided with rny improvement, the ironing board being shown, in solid iines', in the operative position, and in dotted iines storedv in the trunk.

ig. 2 is a vertical sectional view showing a portion of the trunk and the ironing board in the operative position.

Fig. 3 isa perspective view of the ironing board.

Fig 4 is an enlarged vertical sectionaiL View of a portion oi the trunk, showing the locking bar in thelocked position.

' -Simiiar reference characters vdesignate similar parts in the diderent views.

1 designates a trunk casingof the ord1 nary wardrobetype having pull-out'drawers 2 an i provided with a brace Jfor holding the drawersciosed comprising, preferably, two members 3' and 4, hinged together by a horizontal pintle 5.' The casing l' is provided on its lower end and inner side with a socket plate '6,' Fig. i, adapted to receive the ioiver end of 'the member The member 4 on its inner side and' adjacent to its upper end is provided with a lock 7 having a sliding boit 8 which is adapted to reieasabiy enter recess 9 in the upper end and forward side of thecasing l, so as to ie-leasabiv lioid. the drawers 2 in the closed positionl vThe above described commonly employed in wardrobe trunks.

l() designates an iron-ing board oiE the ordi* nary forni which is provided at i'tsrear end with one'or more hooks li adapted to engage releasably with the rear edge oi' a transverse bar if? attached at yits to opposite sides respectively o the casing 1.. The bar i2 is iocated just above and spaced apart "n one oi'. the drawers 2, 'upon which the hooirs il are adaptedv to rest when engaged with 'the bar l2, as shown in Fig. 2. The under side oi' the ironing board i() has attached to ita Uebaped plate i3 in which. is adapted to enter 'the upper end of: the member fr, Fig, 2, for the purpose of supporting the ironing board i() in the horizontal operative position.

The trunk is provided with 'the usual hinged top lei, 'within which the ironing board l0, when not in use, may be stored, asv

shown in dotted lines in i.

In the operation of invention, the hooks 1i are inserted between the bar i2- and the drawer 2 next below, being supported by said drawer and engaging the. rear edge "of the bar l2, as shown in Figs. i and 2. rihe member fr is then swung outwardly and has its outer end. inserted between the board i0 and the plate i3, thus holding the ironingboard in the horizontal operative position.

i do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, modifications, within the scope of the appended ciaims, may be made withoii't departing from the spirit of my invention.

l. In a device" oi the kind described, a casing provided with one or more drawers, an ironing board having meansior attaching 'to thecasing, and a brace having means for attachment to the casing so as to iocl the drawers yciosed, and arranged, when in the unlocked position, to engage and support the ironing board in a horizontai position.

2. in a device of the kind described, a cas. ing'iiaving one or more drawers, an ironing board having ineens for attachment tov the casing, and a. ioiding brace having means for attachment tothe casing so as to ioclr. the

parts are such as are bers hinged together and provided with,

means for attachment to the casing so as to lock the drawers closed, and arranged to have one of its members swung to the position in which it will engage support the ironing board in av horizontal position.

4. In a device of the kind described, a

casing having one or more drawers and a transverse bar, an ironing board having one or more hooks for engaging said bar, and a brace having means for attachment to the casing so as to hold thedrawers closed and arranged to engage and support the ironing board in a horizontal position.

5. in a device of the kind described, a casing having one or more drawers and a transverse bar above one of the drawers, an ironing board adapted to be supported on the last named drawer 'and having one or more hooks for engaging said bar, and a brace having means for attachment to the casing so as to hold the drawers closed and ,arranged to engage and support the iron` ing board in a horizontal position.

6. In a device of the kind described, a casing having one or more drawers and a transverse bar above one of the-drawers, an ironing board adapted to be supportedon the last namedl drawer and having one or more hooks for engaging said bar, and a folding brace arranged to engage the casing and hold the drawers closed, and arranged to be swung to a position in which it will. engage and support the ironing board in a horizontal position.

7. in a device of the kind described, a casn ing having one or more drawers and a transverse bar above one of the drawers, an ironing board adapted to be supported on the last named drawer and having one or more hooks for engaging said bar, and a brace comprising two members hinged together and having means for attachment to the casing in a position for holding the drawers closed, one of said members being adapted to be swung to a position in which it will engage andsupport the ironing board in a horizontal position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification. i

CHAUNCEY I. SPAYD. 

